Tides and Gators

I thought this was pretty amazing.  I believe this is an example of what occurs when a spring tide happens to coincide with the equinox to generate extra large swings in tidal volume.  These photos were taken from my marina parking lot on the same day, one in the morning, one in the late afternoon.  At high tide, you can see the water actually over the grass line while at low tide, um, well, mud flats are pretty normal in lots of places but not here.  I was impressed with the combined gravitational forces of the sun and moon.

Meanwhile, while waiting for this shift, I varnished what little brightwork the Indian Summer has and took some off to work on at home.  Note: I love my random orbital sander.

 Don’t worry, prospective crew.  You won’t have to deal with this from my boat.  This photo was taken off another boat, really far away, I just thought it was really cool.  Immediately after taking this photo, our swamp guide jumped off the boat to go pet the nice gator.  Some of my fellow tourists nervously asked, “Does anyone else here know how to drive a boat?”  And I got to proudly respond, “I can.”  This was in the bayous outside of New Orleans.  We saw 5 gators in the swamp and I got to hold a baby gator as well – it was really soft.